Many years ago, expecting the imminent return home of one of our far-flung fledglings, I wrote describing my anticipation. I don't even remember now which one was the daughter du jour. I wrote of my excitement in readying the house, and my editor slapped "Hurry, Tuesday!" above it as headline.
Readying the house. Is that odd or what? Either of our girls' rooms as they grew up could have provided the backdrop for any film requiring a landfill.
Now the headline reads "Hurry, Monday," and Jean is coming, but my excitement is doubled, yea, tripled, by the fact that (1) she'll have little Samuel with her, and (2) in a couple of weeks, her sister, Mary, is coming
Easy button Return it to long suffering taxpayers including those who have paid huge tabs to educate other people's kids…